10-09-2013, 03:12 PM
Hi
The radio looked so good I thought the chassis was up and running. It may be running but from the reply I got
from my friend below it needs some work. He did do a fantastic job on the cabinet.
Ray
The 38-690 works and all the paper and electrolytic capacitors have been replaced ( probably 15 years ago). The
chassis have not been modified. The tuning mechanism needs to be lubed (the fine tuning drive slips), the volume
control needs cleaning, the dial lights are out (probably a broken wire) and there may be other items that
need attention. The radio has what Philco called "Magnetic Tuning" which I find can be a problem getting it to
work properly, resistors need to be balanced and the alignment for that circuitry needs to be right on.
The radio looked so good I thought the chassis was up and running. It may be running but from the reply I got
from my friend below it needs some work. He did do a fantastic job on the cabinet.
Ray
The 38-690 works and all the paper and electrolytic capacitors have been replaced ( probably 15 years ago). The
chassis have not been modified. The tuning mechanism needs to be lubed (the fine tuning drive slips), the volume
control needs cleaning, the dial lights are out (probably a broken wire) and there may be other items that
need attention. The radio has what Philco called "Magnetic Tuning" which I find can be a problem getting it to
work properly, resistors need to be balanced and the alignment for that circuitry needs to be right on.
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